About Us

Board of Directors

Olga Melnikova

Mrs Melnikova Olga is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Management Committee of EPH Ltd. Mrs Melnikova is responsible for Board of Directors and Management Committee function organization. Also Mrs Melnikova is engaged in Company’s strategic planning, defining of development priorities and ways of goals realization.

Mrs. Melnikova graduated from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering in 1991 with a degree in Engineering and Mathematics.

Michael Cuthbert

Mr. Michael Cuthbert is Board Member of World Titanium Resources Ltd., a company focusing on mineral sands development listed on the ASX, the principal stock exchange in Australia, a member of the Board of Reso Garantia, a leading Russian insurance company, a consultant to Global Legal Search LLP, a legal recruiting firm in London, and to Discreet Law LLP, a legal services advisory firm in London.

Before that Mr. Cuthbert worked for two of the leading law firms in London, Slaughter and May and subsequently Clifford Chance where he was a partner for almost 24 years and was, from 2005 to 2009, the Regional Managing Partner responsible for Russia, the CIS and Central and Eastern Europe and a member of its global management committee.

Mr. Tomasz Dukala is an entrepreneur and board member in a number of commercial organizations.

Mr. Dukala started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Department in Warsaw. In 2002, he moved to Moscow and worked as Senior Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers and subsequently as a National Director in Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets Department. From 2007 to 2011 he worked at Morgan Stanley, Real Estate Investment Banking Division as a Senior Coverage Officer, responsible for Russia/CIS and CEE markets, based in Moscow.

Mr. Dukala is a CFA charter holder.

Hans Messmer

Mr. Hans Messmer is the CIO of CAIAC Fund Management AG in Liechtenstein.

Before joining CAIAC he held management functions in various asset management companies and acted as head of business development at Baader Bank (Munich) for exchange traded products. Prior to that, he was partner and manager for CK Trading Bank (Frankfurt) and director for several public funds.

Mr. Messmer started his career as registered stock broker in New York and gained a license as EUREX trader at Deutsche Börse AG. During his career he qualified as Investment Specialist for Structured Products, Hedge Fund Advisor and Commodity Advisor.

He holds an academic degree as MBA of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt specializing in Banking and Insurance.

Gustav Stenbolt

Mr. Gustav Stenbolt is CEO of Swiss listed Valartis Group and member of the board of directors of Eastern Property Holdings Ltd., ENR Russia Invest S.A. and Anglo Chinese Group.

In 1996, Mr. Stenbolt founded MCT Group, one of the predecessors of Valartis Group, offering institutional asset management services focused on Eastern Europe and the CIS countries.

From 2004 to 2007 he was president of the executive committee of Jelmoli Holding AG, by then one of the leading department store and real estate companies in Switzerland.

Gustav Stenbolt graduated from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland with a degree in Economics.

Christodoulos G. Vassiliades

Mr. Christodoulos G. Vassiliades is a lawyer and the managing director of the Cyprus law firm Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co LLC. He is specialized in corporate and commercial law, international tax planning, shipping, banking and private clients.

After graduating from the University of Athens in 1980, Mr. Vassiliades founded the law firm, Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co LLC in 1984. Since then, the company has become one of the leading law firms in Cyprus.